Projects at the Radio Communications Research Unit (RCRU)

RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY

 

INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions to ITU-R (International Telecommunications Union) for 1999 / 2000

J. L. Agnew and A. K. P. Marsh, Doc. 3J/91, Development of a UV lidar facility to measure radio refractivity at altitudes up to 2 km.

D. Bacon and C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3M/159, Working document towards interference calculations.

Lj. R. Cander, Doc. 3L/042, Proposed revision of Recommendation ITU-R P.684-1 on prediction of field strength at frequencies below about 500 kHz.

Lj. R. Cander, Doc. 3L/048, Information document and proposal on maximum electron density and peak height of the ionospheric E-layer.

Lj. R. Cander, Doc. 3L/053, Proposed changes to Questions concerning ionospheric propagation

Lj.R. Cander, "Notes to UK SG3 on COST 271", UK SG 3 Committee Paper, September 2000.

M. I. Dick, Doc. 3L/041, Proposed changes to Section 9 of Recommendation ITU-R P.842.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/270, Application of Recommendation ITU-R S.1323 to carriers in the 116FSS-March-22.xls spreadsheet.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/277, Preliminary draft new recommendation on continuous curves of equivalent power flux densities to protect earth stations in the fixed satellite service operating to satellites in the geostationary orbit from unacceptable interference by satellites in non-geostationary orbits sharing the same frequency bands.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/462, Proposed modification to Recommendation ITU-R S.1323.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/463, Proposed modification to Recommendation ITU-R S.673 - Terms and definitions relating to space radiocommunications.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/465, Preliminary draft new recommendation on continuous curves of epfddown versus GSO FSS Earth station antenna diameter.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/474, Proposal for the creation of an electronic SG4 databank on satellite system characteristics for use in frequency sharing analyses and proposed revision of Recommendation ITU-R S.1328.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3J/92 & 3M/164, Proposed tables for the Study Group 3 databank for the study of durations of rain events and attenuation events.

C.J. Gibbins, Doc. 3M/160, Proposed revision of the mode (2) coordination method in Recommendation ITU-R P.620-4.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3/43, "Summary record of the second meeting of Study Group 3", July 2000.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/47: "Continuous curves of epfd vs. antenna diameter", September 2000.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/48: "Proposal to create an electronic database of satellite system characteristics for use in frequency-sharing studies and Draft Modifications to Recommendation ITU-R S.1328", September 2000.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4/30, "Summary record of the meeting of Study Group 4", March 2001.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 4A/151: "Proposal for a methodology to verify compliance of non-GSO FSS satellite systems with the additional operational limits on epfd¯, based on simulation techniques", April 2001.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3J/7, "Comparison of models for rain attenuation", April 2001.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3J/24, "Draft update for Chapter 6 on Gaseous Attenuation for the WP 3J Handbook on Radiometeorology", May 2001.

C. J. Gibbins, Doc. 3M/34, "Further developments on Mode (2) rain scatter interference calculations for Recommendation ITU-R P.620-4, and comparisons with Recommendation ITU-R P.452-9 and experimental measurements", May 2001.

C. L. Wrench and S. Ventouras, Doc. 3J/75 & 3M/148, Earth-space attenuation data at 40 and 50 GHz.

C. L. Wrench and S. Ventouras, Doc. 3M/147, Earth-space fade duration and inter-fade durations at 40 and 50 GHz.

C. L. Wrench and S. Ventouras, Doc. 3M/147C1, Inter-fade duration.

A. Seville, Doc. 3J/90, Effects of vegetation on area coverage.

Contributions to COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research) for 1999 / 2000

R.A Bamford and C.J. Davis, UK radio experiments for the 1999 eclipse, COST 251, Side, Turkey, 28th March - 3rd April 1998, 7110.

Lj. R. Cander, M.F. Levy, M.I. Dick, P. Muhtarov, I. Kutiev, S.M. Radicella, B. Nava, and R. Leitinger, "Ionospheric forecast model for foF2, M(3000)F2 and TEC over Europe", Proceedings of the 4nd COST 251 Workshop 'The Impact of the Upper Atmosphere on Terrestrial and Earth-Space Communications, Ed. A. Vernon, COST251TD(99)008, 22-25 March 1999, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 206-213, 1999.

Lj.R. Cander, L. Ciraolo, and P. Spalla, "TEC from new GPS measurements", Proceedings of the 4nd COST 251 Workshop 'The Impact of the Upper Atmosphere on Terrestrial and Earth-Space Communications, Ed. A. Vernon, COST251TD(99)008, 22-25 March 1999, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 101-104, 1999.

Lj.R. Cander et al., Other models of monthly median ionospheric characteristics foF2 and M(3000)F2, COST 251 Final meeting, Paris, France, June 1999

M.F. Levy M.F. and R.A. Bamford, First results from Essex-Devon oblique sounding campaign, COST 251, Linkoping, Sweden, 8-11 October 1997, 6101.

I. Stanislawska, Lj.R. Cander, E.Tulunay, Y.Tulunay, A.Bilge, M.Kadýoðlu, and Z.Zbyszynski, "Instantaneous mapping of 1-hour ahead foF2 forecasting values over Europe", Proceedings of the 4nd COST 251 Workshop 'The Impact of the Upper Atmosphere on Terrestrial and Earth-Space Communications, Ed. A. Vernon, COST251TD(99)008, 22-25 March 1999, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 235-241, 1999.

P. Wintoft and Lj.R. Cander, "24 Hour Predictions of foF2 Using Time-Delay Neural Networks: Case Studies", Proceedings of the 4nd COST 251 Workshop 'The Impact of the Upper Atmosphere on Terrestrial and Earth-Space Communications, Ed. A. Vernon, COST251TD(99)008, 22-25 March 1999, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 232-234, 1999.

C.L.Wrench, Global prediction of slant path attenuation using the method developed at RAL, June 1999.